'File 14/115 VII Annex (B 9) Abu Musa oxide: collected background material on the case' [‎166r] (342/1904)

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Letter dated the 14th April, 1907, from the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. agent, Shargah, to the Political Resi
dent in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , relating to the stranding
of the British Indian Steam Navigation Company's
steam-ship iS Bulimba" on Abu Musa (Appen
dix 3).
These letters show clearly that it was " the
islanders," and not Salim alone, who claimed the
right to wreckage; (b)that it was the Sheikh of
Shargah whose position and responsibility in the
matter were recognised.
On the general question of the incidence of the
right to wreckage, and the position and practice
in regard thereto, the following evidence is sub
mitted ;—
Letter dated the 1st March, 1895, from the
Political .Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the
Assistant Resident, Bunder Abbas (Appendix 4).
Statement by Sheikh Sag at. dated the 25th
March, 1911 (Appendix 5).
Questions put to, and replies received from,
the following sheikhs and notables of the coast:—-
Muhammad-bin-Tahnoon, agent of the Sultan
of Muscat at Lingah (Appendix 6).
Sheikh Saleh- bin-Muhammad-el-Ali, Chief of
Charak.
Sheikh Ahmed-bin-Abdullah-el-Hamadi, Chief
of Merbakh and Mugam, of the Arab tribe of
Hammadi.
Sheikh Ahmed-bm-Muhammad-el-Ali, Headman
of Keis Island, of the Sunni Arab tribe of
A1 Ali.
Sheikh Abdullah-bin-Majed-el-Marzooki, Head
man of Bustaneh, of the Sunni Arab tribe of
Marzuk.
Sheikh Khalfan-bin Misbah-el-Ali, Headman of
Dourvan, of the Sunni Arab tribe of Al Ali,
Sheikh Sultan-bin-Ahmed-Marzooki, Chief of
Moghu, of the tribe of Marzuk.
Sheikh Abdulla h - bin - Muhammad -el - Abei deli,
Chief of Armeki and Cheeroe, of the Sunni
Arab tribe of Obaidli.
Sheikh Ibrahim-bin-Abdullah-el-Hnmadi, Chief
of Kelat, of the Hammadi tribe.
Haji Ali-bin-Abdullah, a well-known merchant
of Keis.
Haji Isa-bin-Saleh, a well-known and reliable
merchant of Keis.